JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, SEPTEMBER 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products   Sept. 2000  Sept. 1999  Sept. 2000  Sept. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult                623         395         503        418
Others                    601         663         860        891
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           2           -          3
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       66          81          51         60
Atlantic salmon         1,929       1,823       1,137      1,171
Yellowfin tuna          2,452       2,156       1,753      1,541
Bluefin tuna              426         680       1,079      1,909
Bigeye tuna             1,643       1,827       1,262      1,525
Southern bluefin tuna     250         251         589        627
Sea bream                  85         100          65         55
Billfish                  116         102          76         74
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 161         117         135        108
Pacific sockeye         9,535       8,234       4,897      4,806
Pacific coho            1,301       1,363         578        698
Other Pacific salmon    2,994       3,492         596        599
Pink salmon             3,269       2,832       1,374      1,694
Atlantic salmon           389         465         210        232
Other salmon              204          43         113         21
Halibut                 2,452       2,543         918        913
Albacore tuna             242         109          58         28
Yellowfin tuna          6,131       3,793       1,687      1,092
Skipjack                5,310       3,671         266        269
Bluefin tuna              104         129         180        143
Bigeye tuna             7,677       5,071       4,901      4,122
Herring                   245       2,036          20        335
Cod                       630         906         173        259
Mackerel                  961         870          90         67
Mero                      873         729         585        648
Jack mackerel           1,269       2,848         194        356
Sea bream                 349         732          85        181
Capelin                 1,954       3,218         372        526
Billfish                  515         566         120        155
Spanish mackerel           19          20           5          6
Rockfish                9,095       9,965       2,068      2,236
Sablefish               1,512       1,842       1,357      1,526
Herring roe               252          69         109         25
Pollock roe               804         848       1,856        835
Mero, fillet              504         565         557        733
Swordfish, fillet         117         113          61         57
Pollock surimi         10,842       5,394       2,129      1,300
Cod Surimi                977       1,760         173        413
Threadfin bream         2,854       3,135         554        680
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               681         466         824        609
Pollock roe               143         211         261        320
Salmon roe              1,005       1,082         939      1,013
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                432         323         416        232
Arkshell                  591         531         366        253
Spiny lobster             130         124         423        422
King crab               2,599       1,993       1,521        901
Tanner crab             1,674       1,390         407        375
Blue crab                 121         185         143        175
Other crab                665         642         425        521
Oyster                    345         213         252        170
Clam                    1,294       1,541         292        336
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             346         367         605        543
Lobster                    88          54         231        135
Shrimp                 19,156      21,335      24,471     23,661
King crab                 886         743       1,313        836
Tanner crab             3,492       3,448       3,616      3,067
Blue crab               1,389         516         603        228
Other crab                 62          80          44         31
European cuttlefish       644       1,418         371        528
Octopus                 9,163      12,633       3,453      5,045
Scallop                    27          40          35         34
Other cuttlefish        2,323       1,849       1,377      1,171
Squid                       5       1,105           4        155
Abalone                    16          37          57        136
Salted/dried                 
Squid                       5          53           3         34
Sea urchin roe             33          20          56         27
Jellyfish               1,130       1,207         312        377
Seaweed, dried            393         614         214        333
Seaweed, salted           449         713          44         73
Prepared                     
Eel                     1,347       1,997       1,669      2,290
Canned crab                22           -          73          -
Fish meal              42,643      43,406       2,252      2,577

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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